2016 National Design Awards Winners
John Hill
5. mayo 2016
Image: Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2016 National Design Awards, including a lifetime achievement award to Moshe Safdie and the Architecture Design award to Marlon Blackwell Architects.
The 17th annual awards are given in eleven categories: Lifetime Achievement, Director's Award, Design Mind, Corporate & Institutional Achievement, Architecture Design, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interaction Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Product Design.
Caroline Baumann, Cooper Hewitt director, said in the announcement: "This year's class of winners reflect design's remarkable empathy for contemporary social concerns: from promoting workplace productivity to preserving vernacular traditions to encouraging civic engagement. These designers and design firms cross disciplinary boundaries, explore innovative materials and develop new models of problem-solving in pursuit of these goals."
Winners will receive their awards at a gala in Washington, DC, in October.
Moshe Safdie: Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum (Photo: Timothy Hursley)
- Lifetime Achievement: Moshe Safdie
- Director’s Award: Make It Right
- Design Mind: Bruce Mau
- Corporate & Institutional Achievement: Center for Urban Pedagogy
Make It Right
- Architecture Design: Marlon Blackwell Architects
- Communication Design: Geoff McFetridge
- Fashion Design: Opening Ceremony
- Interaction Design: Tellart
Marlon Blackwell Architects: Vol Walker Hall & the Steven L Anderson Design Center (Photo: Timothy Hursley)
- Interior Design: Studio O+A
- Landscape Architecture: Hargreaves Associates
- Product Design: Ammunition
Hargreaves Associates: Ribbon Park on the Haihe River
The 2016 National Design Awards Jury:
- Mariana Amatullo, cofounder and vice president, Designmatters, Art Center College of Design
- Matthew Carter, principal, Carter & Cone Type
- John Christakos, cofounder, Blu Dot
- Julia Czerniak, associate dean and professor, Syracuse Architecture
- Marisa Gardini, managing partner, BCL-ED Newco LLC
- Jeff Han, interaction designer
- Uri Minkoff, CEO and cofounder, Rebecca Minkoff
- Chad Oppenheim, principal, Oppenheim Architecture
- Dan Pitera, executive director, Detroit Collaborative Design Center